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Fierce love, stories from black gay life

Title
Fierce love, stories from black gay life [videorecording] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop Economy Tires Theater and the National Performance Network ; written and performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Bernard Djola Branner, Brian Freeman, Eric Gupton) ; directed by Brian Freeman ; sign-interpreted performance produced by Hands On.
Publication
c1991.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Branner, Bernard
  • Freeman, Brian, 1955-
  • Gupton, Eric.
  • Rodriguez, Eugene.
  • Belcher, Jonathan.
  • Prevor, Beth.
  • Feyne, Stephanie.
  • Pomo Afro Homos.
  • Dance Theater Workshop.
  • National Performance Network.
  • Hands On (Organization)
  • Video D Studios.
  • DHCA.
Description
  • 2 streaming video files (82 min. total) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
  • 2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (82 min.) : sd., col. ;
Summary
Sign-interpreted version of a theater piece combining text, dance and music, performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Postmodern African American Homosexuals), a company based in San Francisco. The performance is preceded by a brief fund-raising appeal by a Dance Theater Workshop staff member.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Plays.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Choreography, Bernard Djola Branner ; a cappella music, Eric Gupton ; costumes, Eugene "Yo" Rodriguez ; lighting, Jonathan Belcher ; Hands On program coordinator, Beth Prevor ; interpreter director, Stephanie Feyne ; interpreter adviser, John McBride.
Performer (note)
  • Sign interpreters: Howard Hines, Jr. ; Cathleen Riddley.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on October 13, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Contents
Order of scenes: We are -- Men on men -- I don't want to hear it -- The visitation -- Sad young man -- Red bandanas -- Good hands -- Just us club -- Black like me -- For Jimmy (from James Baldwin, Just above my head) -- Silently into the night -- Towards a black queer rhythm nation -- We are (reprise).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 8430
OCLC
NYPY99-F539
Title
Fierce love, stories from black gay life [videorecording] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop Economy Tires Theater and the National Performance Network ; written and performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Bernard Djola Branner, Brian Freeman, Eric Gupton) ; directed by Brian Freeman ; sign-interpreted performance produced by Hands On.
Imprint
c1991.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Playing Time
004057 004109
Event
Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on October 13, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Credits
Choreography, Bernard Djola Branner ; a cappella music, Eric Gupton ; costumes, Eugene "Yo" Rodriguez ; lighting, Jonathan Belcher ; Hands On program coordinator, Beth Prevor ; interpreter director, Stephanie Feyne ; interpreter adviser, John McBride.
Performer
Sign interpreters: Howard Hines, Jr. ; Cathleen Riddley.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-6016.
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Added Author
Branner, Bernard, choreographer. Performer
Freeman, Brian, 1955- director.
Freeman, Brian, 1955- author.
Freeman, Brian, 1955- performer.
Gupton, Eric. Composer. Author. Performer
Rodriguez, Eugene. Costume designer
Belcher, Jonathan. Lighting designer
Prevor, Beth.
Feyne, Stephanie.
Pomo Afro Homos.
Dance Theater Workshop.
National Performance Network.
Hands On (Organization)
Video D Studios.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8430
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